Sinn Féin, meanwhile, has called on Fianna Fáil to support their motion.

The party's MEP Lynn Boylan said: “The Dáil can vote in favour of abolition as early as next week and, in doing so, deliver what people actually voted for at the General Election in February. They didn't vote for a suspension of water charges. People want to see them scrapped.

“The Sinn Féin motion is extremely clear and direct in its purpose. Failure by Fianna Fail to support this motion would cement the view that they cannot be trusted on water charges," she argued.

On Saturday, tens of thousands took part in a national demonstration in Dublin city calling for water charges to be abolished.